Rat embryos, explanted with their embryonic membranes during the early stages of organogenesis (H-l (H days gestation), were grown in culture in roller tubes. Yolk-sac antibody (sheep anti rat yolk-sac gamma globulin), known to be teratogenic when injected into pregnant rats, was added to the culture medium. At concentrations of 01 mg/ml or more the antibody caused gross retardation of growth a...

A 52 year-old, contact lens-wearing man presented with progressive right eye pain and redness for one month. He had been evaluated and treated for necrotizing scleritis by multiple eye care specialists prior to presentation. He underwent a complete systemic work-up for both autoimmune and infectious causes of scleritis, including a culture. The culture revealed heavy growth of Nocardia asteroid...

background: occupational contact dermatitis, especially in hand, is one of the most common occupational disorders. the present study aimed at evaluating patients with occupational allergic contact dermatitis (acd) caused by common allergens based on occupation type and disease history.   methods: this cross-sectional study aimed at evaluating the data of the patients with probable diagnosis of ...

Surface wettability is one of most important indexes for understanding the interfacial characteristics between a solid surface and a liquid, especially such physico-chemical properties as hydrophilicity and water repellency. Recently, non-contact wettability assessment by monitoring the behavior of liquid covering a sample surface by jet-flow application to the liquid has been proposed. This me...

We used a direct-contact endothelial cell-smooth muscle cell (EC-SMC) co-culture to examine whether quiescent SMCs regulate the EC inflammatory response to tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. ECs were cultured under static and physiological flow conditions. Compared with TNF-alpha-treated ECs in monoculture, TNF-alpha-treated ECs in co-culture had less NF-kappaB nuclear translocation; less inter...

PURPOSE We evaluated adult patients with acute epididymitis to identify the frequency of actual sexual contacts and the causative organism, and compared clinical examinations, degrees of manifested symptoms, and radiological test results. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 65 patients older than 18 years presenting with acute epididymitis who had been treated between 200...